Bicycle Light Steampunk Style

Step 2 Walking the tightrope, or rather running the wire

So, we have our supplies and now it's time to get to work.

I wanted to try and keep the bike looking as stock as possible (HAHAHA) so I ran the wiring along the frame. I could have not been a lazy ass and drilled holes and ran it internally, but then you wouldn't have this cool copper wiring wrapping the bike!

I discovered while wiring that the rear reflector (which is massive as you may have noticed) has some gap between it and the fender, like a little triangle of plastic to make sure it sits comfy on the fender. Like a bolt of lightning i had an epiphany, more on that in the next step!


I wired up the batteries in a series and taped them all together in a nice battery pack block! Yay for tape, this would be unseen from the outside so I wasn't worried too much about cosmetics.
I then approximated the length of wire needed for my run.

See my fabulous Leonardo-esque painting of the wiring diagram. At least I think this is how it went. It was a while ago you know and I tend to forget a lot of things these days...